:00:00. > :00:00.be very happy if Merseyrail took control of their tracks. It has been
:00:00. > :00:07.a long possibility to create that out now it is not.
:00:08. > :00:14.Thank you. Order. Urgent question. Mr Clive Betts.
:00:15. > :00:21.Will the Secretary of State join me in congratulating Casey in producing
:00:22. > :00:27.a rate informative report. Order. He should as kids urgent
:00:28. > :00:31.question and then I will give him an opportunity to expand on it. --
:00:32. > :00:37.asked. Can I ask his initial observations
:00:38. > :00:43.on the report? The Secretary of State.
:00:44. > :00:47.Thank you. Can I thank the honourable gentleman for this
:00:48. > :00:54.opportunity. In July 2015 the Government asked Casey to conduct a
:00:55. > :00:58.review. A report was published yesterday. Let me take this
:00:59. > :01:02.opportunity once again to thank her for her thorough and diligent work
:01:03. > :01:07.over the past 18 months. Many of her findings ring true to me personally.
:01:08. > :01:12.I have seen the enormous contribution that immigrants make to
:01:13. > :01:17.British life, all without giving up the unique cultural identities. I
:01:18. > :01:21.have also seen the other side of the equation. For too long, too many
:01:22. > :01:25.people in this country have been living parallel lives, refusing to
:01:26. > :01:30.integrate and failing to embrace the shared values that make Britain
:01:31. > :01:33.great. For too long, too many politicians in this company to that
:01:34. > :01:41.country have refused to deal with the problem. The art beard of being
:01:42. > :01:47.called a racist. -- they art beard. I will not allow this to continue.
:01:48. > :01:51.We have a moral responsibility to deal with this situation and the
:01:52. > :01:55.report is a crucial step in that process. I am studying her findings
:01:56. > :01:58.very closely. It touches on the work of a number of Government
:01:59. > :02:02.departments and I will be discussing it with colleagues more widely. In
:02:03. > :02:06.the spring we will come back to this house with the plans to tackle these
:02:07. > :02:15.issues so we can continue building a country that works for everyone.
:02:16. > :02:19.I had the pleasure of hosting Louise Casey on a visit to Sheffield, where
:02:20. > :02:28.she identified the scale and the speed of Slovakian Roma migration to
:02:29. > :02:32.the city. She identified in Sheffield, very often those
:02:33. > :02:37.communities lived side-by-side with very little interaction, let alone
:02:38. > :02:41.any integration. We'll be Secretary of State indicate his response to
:02:42. > :02:44.the very detailed recommendations of the report, particularly a key
:02:45. > :02:49.recommendation of the creation of the new programme to improve
:02:50. > :02:52.community cohesion with area -based plans and projects? Does he
:02:53. > :02:58.recognise this will lead targeted funds, rather like impact funds the
:02:59. > :03:02.Government abolished? Does the Secretary of State agreed that
:03:03. > :03:05.speaking English is key to integration? Will he agreed to
:03:06. > :03:09.reverse the cuts that have been made to the funds available for courses
:03:10. > :03:13.teaching English as a second language? Does the Secretary of
:03:14. > :03:17.State have a view on the recommendation is to promote British
:03:18. > :03:22.values in all communities, especially those values of tolerance
:03:23. > :03:28.and respect for others and with support equality on grounds of sex,
:03:29. > :03:33.sexuality, race and religion? Given that many of the recommendations are
:03:34. > :03:37.challenging, some may be controversial, will you have a
:03:38. > :03:42.programme to consult with elected councils and the different community
:03:43. > :03:45.is in those areas most impacted by the recommendations? Will be
:03:46. > :03:50.Secretary of State have discussions with Government colleagues come back
:03:51. > :03:57.to the House without plan and may be coming to the select committee to
:03:58. > :04:02.discuss it as well? First of all, can I thank the
:04:03. > :04:06.honourable gentleman for his warm words and has welcomed for the
:04:07. > :04:10.report. I know this is an issue he has taken an interest in many years
:04:11. > :04:16.and I also look forward to speaking to him as the chairman of the select
:04:17. > :04:19.committee. He will know this is an independent report, it is not a
:04:20. > :04:23.statement of Government policy. The Government will want to take the
:04:24. > :04:28.right amount of time to look at each of the findings of the report and
:04:29. > :04:32.certainly the recommendations that Dame Louise has made. He has asked
:04:33. > :04:40.about a number of the recommendations and let me just
:04:41. > :04:43.respond without prejudging our response in spring next year to the
:04:44. > :04:49.report to some of those. He asked about the area -based... The idea of
:04:50. > :04:54.having a more placed based view on this. I think taking local
:04:55. > :04:57.circumstances is common sense, something that the Government
:04:58. > :05:02.already does with its integration cohesion programmes. I would like to
:05:03. > :05:06.see how we can do that and make more of that. He asked about making
:05:07. > :05:11.resources available. Of course, any recommendation that the Government
:05:12. > :05:14.accepts will make sure they are suitably resourced. The honourable
:05:15. > :05:17.gentleman also asked about the importance of English. That is one
:05:18. > :05:21.of the central recommendations of the report, making sure every
:05:22. > :05:26.community in Britain can speak English. I remember when I was about
:05:27. > :05:29.eight or nine years old, going with my mother because she had to visit
:05:30. > :05:36.the doctor and acting as the interpretative for that. Many years
:05:37. > :05:41.later she learned English and speaks very well and it has transformed her
:05:42. > :05:45.life. I think not just for her, but it is great news for British society
:05:46. > :05:48.when more and more people speak English. I know from personal
:05:49. > :05:53.experience the difference that can make. That is why I am pleased the
:05:54. > :05:56.Government does spend more than I think ?100 million per year in
:05:57. > :06:03.helping people learn English, a foreign language for them. We have
:06:04. > :06:07.to see what more we can do. He has also asked about promoting British
:06:08. > :06:11.values. Of course he is right to stress that. The report touches on
:06:12. > :06:17.that in a number of areas. We talked about the importance of tolerance
:06:18. > :06:22.and respect. I'm sure he will agree that when it comes to those,
:06:23. > :06:29.certainly respect, it works both ways. It is respect for all
:06:30. > :06:32.communities of each other and immigrant communities, of the
:06:33. > :06:37.dominant Christian culture in this country, which is sometimes lacking.
:06:38. > :06:40.We have got to make sure that we are promoting British values and every
:06:41. > :06:44.sensible way that we can and we will be looking at the report closely and
:06:45. > :06:52.reporting back in the spring on its findings.
:06:53. > :06:57.I welcome the review. It echoes a number of the findings in the recent
:06:58. > :07:01.women and equality select committee on the challenges that many Muslim
:07:02. > :07:05.people face, getting work in this country. In her report she sets out
:07:06. > :07:12.that women in some communities face a double barrier of gender and
:07:13. > :07:17.religion, preventing them from accessing even basic rights as
:07:18. > :07:20.British residents. How is the Secretary of State ensuring that
:07:21. > :07:23.every person in this country is afforded the protection of the
:07:24. > :07:30.equality act and also their rights under the law of this country?
:07:31. > :07:34.My right honourable friend is right to raise this issue. She is also
:07:35. > :07:37.someone in this house to speaks with great experience and has done a lot
:07:38. > :07:45.to promote equality in this country with her work as a minister and on
:07:46. > :07:53.the backbenches. She talks about the issue of... The double barriers
:07:54. > :07:57.faced by some women. The report talks about the challenges of Muslim
:07:58. > :08:02.women. I think there is more that needs to be done there, not just
:08:03. > :08:05.directly by Government, but also it is a challenge to news and
:08:06. > :08:11.communities and some Muslim men about how they treat Muslim women
:08:12. > :08:13.and I think these fines are very important and it should take them
:08:14. > :08:20.seriously and find what more we can do.
:08:21. > :08:23.I thank the chair of the select committee preparing this important
:08:24. > :08:28.question. For too long as the country we have ignored these
:08:29. > :08:32.complex issues for fear of being seen as racist. Sadly, this approach
:08:33. > :08:38.has left a vacuum that has been exploited by those who exist to
:08:39. > :08:40.promote hatred. It is now time we recognise the problems and
:08:41. > :08:45.opportunities highlighted in the case report and address these in a
:08:46. > :08:50.realistic and mature way. One of the issues that was highlighted by the
:08:51. > :08:53.chair of the select committee is that speaking English. One of the
:08:54. > :08:58.most concerning areas of the report is that how women in some
:08:59. > :09:01.communities are denied equal rights and opportunities. We are constantly
:09:02. > :09:06.are urging people who suffer sexual abuse, violence, to speak out. You
:09:07. > :09:11.cannot speak out if you cannot speak English. If you cannot speak
:09:12. > :09:15.English, you cannot ring 999. The case finds that more money has been
:09:16. > :09:21.spent promoting the Cornish language than it did English. I would like to
:09:22. > :09:27.ask the Secretary of State if he now believes that English for a language
:09:28. > :09:32.should not have been scrapped in light of his experience of a young
:09:33. > :09:37.man. Will he commit to reinstating these classes? Communities have been
:09:38. > :09:40.left behind and it is not acceptable to blame the people living in those
:09:41. > :09:47.two minute is for this, the report has found. Many of the projects will
:09:48. > :09:50.empower marginalised women, promote social mixing, tackling barriers to
:09:51. > :09:58.employment and the most socially isolated groups. Projects have been
:09:59. > :10:02.scrapped due to devastating cuts to local Government. Does the Secretary
:10:03. > :10:05.of State recognised that cuts to local Government funding has
:10:06. > :10:08.contributed to these problems and Willie push for fear of funding in
:10:09. > :10:15.the coming Spending Review? The Minister agree that any initiatives
:10:16. > :10:24.that facilitate better integration should be welcomed? -- will he.
:10:25. > :10:30.Integration requires the active participation of all Britons. I
:10:31. > :10:35.would also like to ask the secondary state, the report looks at
:10:36. > :10:39.education, recommending strong safeguards for children not in
:10:40. > :10:44.mainstream education. Canny outline what is being done by his department
:10:45. > :10:48.and other departments to make sure those children are safeguarded? --
:10:49. > :10:56.hanky? -- can he? The honourable lady, I am
:10:57. > :11:02.pleased she agrees with me that these issues raised in the report
:11:03. > :11:06.have been ignored too long by politicians on both sides of the
:11:07. > :11:12.House. It is good that we agree on that and take this report as an
:11:13. > :11:17.important step to starting to deal together with some of these issues.
:11:18. > :11:26.She asks about English language. I am disappointed that after she
:11:27. > :11:31.starts with the point about the Cornish language, if she looked at
:11:32. > :11:36.it more closely, she would see it is misleading headline. In fact, what I
:11:37. > :11:39.can tell her is that... She's talking about spending online which
:11:40. > :11:47.by my department. I shall tell her the facts. We have spent ?680,000 on
:11:48. > :11:52.the Cornish language. It is spent in fewer years, in five years, ?11
:11:53. > :11:57.million on committee -based English language programmes. On top of that,
:11:58. > :12:00.the rest of the Government has spent hundreds of millions of pounds in
:12:01. > :12:04.supporting English. If we are going to have a proper debate, the
:12:05. > :12:07.honourable lady would be well advised to stick to the facts and
:12:08. > :12:12.use those in the debate. The honourable lady also asked about
:12:13. > :12:18.local Government funding. She asked Will there be... She should know
:12:19. > :12:24.that there is a fairer funding review going on. We will report back
:12:25. > :12:27.early next year. She asked about the Muslim Council of Britain and some
:12:28. > :12:31.of their early comments on the report. It is important to highlight
:12:32. > :12:35.I went to speak to all groups, including the Muslim Council of
:12:36. > :12:40.Britain and many others that have comments on the report and
:12:41. > :12:43.suggestions about how we can take integration and cohesion forward.
:12:44. > :12:52.She also asked about safeguarding, in particular of young Muslims that
:12:53. > :12:57.might be vulnerable in some ways. She will know that the present
:12:58. > :13:00.programme is exactly that. It is a safeguarding programme and that is
:13:01. > :13:05.something I hope the whole house can support.
:13:06. > :13:18.Call sharia law will be a voluntary choice for women lacking in close
:13:19. > :13:22.communities? -- closed communities. My honourable friend raises an
:13:23. > :13:29.important issue and it has come up in the report. First of all, it is
:13:30. > :13:33.worth reminded me how that sharia law councils are not courts in
:13:34. > :13:37.England and Wales and cannot legally enforced decisions and must operate
:13:38. > :13:40.within national law. There are legitimate issues here, highlighted
:13:41. > :13:45.in this report, and that is why I'm pleased the Government has already
:13:46. > :13:52.started a full independent review of sharia law in England and Wales. I
:13:53. > :13:58.look forward to the conclusions. Dame Louise Casey is my extensive
:13:59. > :14:04.report comes at an interesting time, with Brexit exacerbating hate crime
:14:05. > :14:07.and tensions ramping up. I am glad that in Scotland we have the
:14:08. > :14:10.political leadership at all levels, whether that be First Minister
:14:11. > :14:16.Nicola Sturgeon who has made welcome the new Scots who had chosen
:14:17. > :14:19.Scotland, the tremendous honour of making Scotland home. A Glasgow City
:14:20. > :14:27.Council we have a banner proclaiming at the front door refugees are
:14:28. > :14:35.welcome. Also organisations fostering integration.
:14:36. > :14:39.Order, order. Why is there so much noise in the chamber when the
:14:40. > :14:43.honourable lady is speaking? She must be listened to.
:14:44. > :14:48.The challenges I have highlighted, as highlighted in the review. In
:14:49. > :14:50.some cases, these things are because. Ending austerity, I
:14:51. > :14:56.believe, is the best thing this Government could do to tackle social
:14:57. > :15:04.exclusion and promote integration. Well he challenged the -- will he
:15:05. > :15:07.challenged the rhetoric that its people against each other? Will he
:15:08. > :15:13.look to Scotland at how we give opportunities for people to share
:15:14. > :15:18.experiences? Will he reversed the damaging cuts to ESOL? Willie
:15:19. > :15:24.refused to accept the offensive suggestion that we require an
:15:25. > :15:28.integration of. -- will he refused to accept this?
:15:29. > :15:35.It is a shame she has to be so party political about this. It is a shame
:15:36. > :15:42.she cannot act in a mature fashion. When she and the SNP have something
:15:43. > :15:45.useful to say, I will respond. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As
:15:46. > :15:57.the secretary of State had the opportunity to listen to two
:15:58. > :16:03.important radio programmes on the things broadcast by the BBC a year
:16:04. > :16:14.ago, the deobandis? I believe they shown an important light on the
:16:15. > :16:16.problems which affect us. Well he agree that public servants
:16:17. > :16:23.delivering this should be proud and apologetic about the important work
:16:24. > :16:26.done to keep us safe. 'S first of all, I can tell my
:16:27. > :16:36.honourable friend that I have not listened specifically to those
:16:37. > :16:41.programmes mentioned on the Deobandis, but I am aware of the
:16:42. > :16:45.issues faced by those committees. This report is a reminder about all
:16:46. > :16:51.communities that we can help through Government action. He also raises
:16:52. > :16:54.the prevent programme. I'm pleased to hear about his support, because
:16:55. > :17:02.he has supported it for a while. My honourable gentleman knows it works.
:17:03. > :17:07.Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Minister refers to the Prevent
:17:08. > :17:12.strategy and in relation to children who are home-schooled, can he please
:17:13. > :17:17.explain how that operates and how that success is measured?
:17:18. > :17:24.Secretary of state. Home-schooling, you will know, is an
:17:25. > :17:29.important and valuable option we offer. The education minister has
:17:30. > :17:36.heard her mission question, and I am sure she will respond.
:17:37. > :17:40.Are welcome this report but one concern about the report I have is
:17:41. > :17:43.it does not have reflections on the future of faith schools, and
:17:44. > :17:48.therefore the integration of young people across faiths. I hope that we
:17:49. > :17:53.will look at that in particular. Can we take some urgent action on one of
:17:54. > :17:58.the recommendations in the report? That would be children who are
:17:59. > :18:01.withdrawn from education and educated at home, and they may not
:18:02. > :18:05.receive the sort of education that we would like them to see. These
:18:06. > :18:12.children are at risk right now and we need to take urgent action.
:18:13. > :18:17.Secretary of state. My honourable friend raises an
:18:18. > :18:22.important point that we are looking at unmonitored and unregistered
:18:23. > :18:25.settings, and I think once that review is complete, it will help us
:18:26. > :18:32.deal with the kind of issues he is concerned about. He talked generally
:18:33. > :18:35.about faith schools, which are hugely important in our education
:18:36. > :18:39.system and they provide variety. But frankly so many people choose
:18:40. > :18:44.schools of faith because by and large they are excellent schools.
:18:45. > :18:49.Many of them do a great job in promoting education. One of my own
:18:50. > :18:53.brothers as a Muslim went to a Roman Catholic school and it put him a lot
:18:54. > :18:58.about British society and values. I think we should find good practice
:18:59. > :19:04.and promoted where we can. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
:19:05. > :19:09.Louise Casey is right to call at misogyny as one of the ways in which
:19:10. > :19:17.women are socially excluded from a naughty ethnic communities, not an
:19:18. > :19:21.issue some of us however ignored. -- and minority ethnic communities. But
:19:22. > :19:24.will he talked about the misogynist fantasies of the Home Office to
:19:25. > :19:32.exclude whites to come from overseas from access to free ESOL for the
:19:33. > :19:36.first two years earlier? And for those women in Britain exploited by
:19:37. > :19:40.husbands cheating their way into Britain on a marriage ticket? They
:19:41. > :19:46.British citizens, what has happened British citizens, what has happened
:19:47. > :19:52.to their citizens, and refuse to collaborate -- they refuse to tell
:19:53. > :19:58.the wives. Unfortunately I do not recognise
:19:59. > :20:01.much of what the honourable lady is talking about. She would do well to
:20:02. > :20:07.stick to the facts. She talks about women coming to Britain and helping
:20:08. > :20:11.them to learn English. As we honourable members have mentioned
:20:12. > :20:14.already, the English is hugely important for integration, that is
:20:15. > :20:17.why this Government has put in a requirement that before anyone can
:20:18. > :20:23.come and settle permanently in this country, they must be able to speak
:20:24. > :20:29.English. The report says this, that too many
:20:30. > :20:33.public institutions national and local, state and non-state, have
:20:34. > :20:35.gone so far to accommodate diversity and freedom of expression that they
:20:36. > :20:40.have ignored or even condoned regressive, divisive and harmful
:20:41. > :20:46.cultural and religious practices, for fear of being branded racist or
:20:47. > :20:49.Islamophobic. Does the Secretary of State believe that this is a great
:20:50. > :20:54.opportunity for Government to take a lead in forging a common, moderate
:20:55. > :21:02.British identity that new arrivals must sign up to F integration will
:21:03. > :21:05.take off? -- modern British identity.
:21:06. > :21:11.Correct, and I said at the start and I am pleased to see she agrees. For
:21:12. > :21:15.too long, politicians have ignored this issue. There was a fear of
:21:16. > :21:21.being branded racist, and that is unacceptable. This is an excellent
:21:22. > :21:27.opportunity for us to deal with it. Thank you. Integration is a two-way
:21:28. > :21:28.process and it can be assisted by central Government but must be
:21:29. > :21:32.delivered at a local level. I delivered at a local level. I
:21:33. > :21:36.suggest to the Secretary of State something we can do which would
:21:37. > :21:41.respond to the Casey Report is to give regional mayors in the West
:21:42. > :21:45.Midlands the power, because I think they would be the best ones to then
:21:46. > :21:49.know what kind of employment opportunities and integration
:21:50. > :21:54.projects for better training and education should be applied.
:21:55. > :22:00.I think the honourable lady is right about the importance of having local
:22:01. > :22:05.flexibility and local control over the integration programme. She may
:22:06. > :22:09.be well aware of the neighbours programme, where thousands of
:22:10. > :22:13.projects run locally with voluntary groups and local authorities
:22:14. > :22:15.involved, which I figured a good example, and she has made her do
:22:16. > :22:22.suggest you and I listened carefully.
:22:23. > :22:25.The Minister will be aware that the last two Muslims to be murdered in
:22:26. > :22:29.hate crimes were murdered not by Brexit supporters but by other
:22:30. > :22:31.Muslims. Does lets not show the importance of implementing the
:22:32. > :22:34.report demanding that all communities sign up to gay rights,
:22:35. > :22:38.women's rights and the rights to interpret religion in any way one
:22:39. > :22:43.wishes? I think what my honourable friend
:22:44. > :22:45.highlights the importance of promoting British values and making
:22:46. > :22:49.sure that is something that is accepted by all communities in
:22:50. > :22:54.Britain, and that includes intolerance and it includes freedom
:22:55. > :22:59.of speech and freedom of religion and respect for democracy. The more
:23:00. > :23:05.we can do to make sure every committee and braces that we will be
:23:06. > :23:09.better. Right honourable gentlemen tolerance is part of British values.
:23:10. > :23:14.I do not recognise the description of the Muslim community painted in
:23:15. > :23:20.this route to that report, in respect of my home city of Leicester
:23:21. > :23:23.were 20% are Muslim and 15% from ethnic minority communities. Yet I
:23:24. > :23:27.have been to so many dinners for ethnic minority communities and
:23:28. > :23:30.other events he will know what amenities will want more than
:23:31. > :23:34.anything else is to belong, to integrate and to be ambitious for
:23:35. > :23:38.their children. -- communities want this. In which other country had a
:23:39. > :23:42.son of a bus driver being Secretary of State in the Cabinet, he talked
:23:43. > :23:46.about as a potential Prime Minister? In which country in the world and we
:23:47. > :23:51.have four Muslim woman being in the House today we adding all of their
:23:52. > :23:55.constituents? Let us also, while accepting what this report says, be
:23:56. > :23:58.positive about the huge contribution that the ethnic minority community
:23:59. > :24:05.'s have made. They have made this country great.
:24:06. > :24:12.First of all, my honourable gentleman is right to highlight the
:24:13. > :24:14.massive positive contribution that immigrants through the decades have
:24:15. > :24:21.made to our great country and how they have made our country is
:24:22. > :24:22.stronger country. He will also recognise, as he referred
:24:23. > :24:28.specifically to Muslim communities and including in his home
:24:29. > :24:32.constituency, that a lot of the issues are challenges that really
:24:33. > :24:36.affect a minority of the Muslim community. I think members of the
:24:37. > :24:40.Muslim community... I know factually that many members of the Muslim
:24:41. > :24:42.community recognise there are problems and challenges that are
:24:43. > :24:47.particular to their own community, and they as much as the right
:24:48. > :24:51.honourable gentlemen, myself and others in this House want to do
:24:52. > :24:58.that. In Bradford, we have issues of
:24:59. > :25:01.segregation and integration in our communities, and I very much welcome
:25:02. > :25:05.the report on what the Secretary of State has said today. Can I invite
:25:06. > :25:09.him to come along to Bradford sometime next year to see what the
:25:10. > :25:12.Government can do to help with local communities, with their desire for
:25:13. > :25:17.more community cohesion and integration? In the meantime, can he
:25:18. > :25:21.be very firm with local authorities and stop them from translating
:25:22. > :25:26.documents into lots of different languages, and insist that they are
:25:27. > :25:31.all in English only? Secretary of State.
:25:32. > :25:36.Madam Deputy Speaker, first of all, my honourable friend, he of the
:25:37. > :25:39.challenges in his own constituency, of segregation, lack of
:25:40. > :25:46.integration... But I know that he will also be one of the first to
:25:47. > :25:48.accept that... How different amenities have actually helped his
:25:49. > :25:53.constituency in so many ways and brought so much for people to
:25:54. > :25:58.celebrate. I would be more than happy to come to Bradford and look
:25:59. > :26:04.at both issues with him. Thank you, and whilst a second part
:26:05. > :26:09.of my colleague's invitation to Bradford, I do have a problem with
:26:10. > :26:13.the second part... How will the Minister address the structural
:26:14. > :26:17.inequalities affecting Muslim communities which restrict their
:26:18. > :26:22.aspirations for greater engagement with society, especially Muslim
:26:23. > :26:25.women? The honourable lady will know that
:26:26. > :26:32.already there are a number of programmes in place, some since
:26:33. > :26:36.2011, 2012, the Government has spent ?60 million on integration and
:26:37. > :26:41.cohesion programmes, including teaching the language, the English
:26:42. > :26:45.language, to isolated communities, many of those being women. But we
:26:46. > :26:50.have always got to see what more we can do. There are some suggestions
:26:51. > :26:54.in this report. It would be wrong of me to... Not to study them carefully
:26:55. > :26:56.look at what might be the best way in which ones to take forward in
:26:57. > :27:02.which ones to implement... And authority doing that. If the
:27:03. > :27:05.honourable lady has looked at the report in detail, and has particular
:27:06. > :27:11.suggestions I would be happy to listen to them.
:27:12. > :27:14.Sport does so much to break down barriers, bring people together and
:27:15. > :27:19.promote British values in our society on an organic basis.
:27:20. > :27:22.Although we have a proud record in this country, will he see what more
:27:23. > :27:25.can be done working across Government to help boost sporting
:27:26. > :27:30.participation, particularly amongst young people?
:27:31. > :27:39.He makes a very important point. I remember when I was the culture
:27:40. > :27:42.Secretary, we did sponsor a number of programmes particularly in
:27:43. > :27:49.cricket and football that involved a number of Asian men. That did help
:27:50. > :27:52.with community integration and cohesion. He is right to raise the
:27:53. > :27:58.issue again and we should be looking at a cross sport discussion to see
:27:59. > :28:04.how we can make that happen. I fear the Secretary of State fine
:28:05. > :28:12.words mask little England identity politics. As a self east Londoner
:28:13. > :28:17.representing a Welsh speaking Trinity, can he assured me that
:28:18. > :28:25.British values do not equate to the British state imposed identity and
:28:26. > :28:30.commit to address poverty and intercommunity respect?
:28:31. > :28:34.I think the honourable lady knows full well what British values mean
:28:35. > :28:42.and that means value for every part of the British kingdom.
:28:43. > :28:46.I agree that for too long we have had a soft headed attitude towards
:28:47. > :28:50.integration, which is led to segregated communities. I know he
:28:51. > :28:54.has been asked about faith schools. Can I ask him to spend some more
:28:55. > :28:57.time looking at the report because I share his concern that faith schools
:28:58. > :29:05.further isolate young children. Does he agreed that this report deserves
:29:06. > :29:11.a serious and determined response? Can I thank my honourable friend for
:29:12. > :29:15.the work that she has already done to campaign on so many of the issues
:29:16. > :29:20.that are raised in this report and look forward to speaking to her in
:29:21. > :29:24.detail about the report and considering the recommendations. She
:29:25. > :29:29.raised the issue of faith schools. As she knows, it is raised in this
:29:30. > :29:33.report and it is something we want to look at carefully and something
:29:34. > :29:41.we will be discussing with my colleagues.
:29:42. > :29:51.Thank you. Young Muslim women I've met in my constituency are engaging
:29:52. > :29:57.and whip smart. They are not held back by lack of integration, but
:29:58. > :30:01.lack of opportunity. Will be Secretary of State look closely at
:30:02. > :30:05.the recommendation to provide additional funding for area -based
:30:06. > :30:17.plans to empower marginalised women and promote social mobility?
:30:18. > :30:20.What I can say is she is right to raise the issue of opportunity,
:30:21. > :30:27.while the report is about opportunity and integration and we
:30:28. > :30:30.have always got to look across Government to provide opportunities
:30:31. > :30:36.for all communities, including young Muslim women. I think she will also
:30:37. > :30:40.recognise that she has described young woman that she has come
:30:41. > :30:45.across, and they sound fantastic and model citizens, but there are also
:30:46. > :30:50.young Muslim women that are being held back and often sometimes by
:30:51. > :30:53.their own family or members of the own community. For example, as we
:30:54. > :30:59.have seen in this report and things I have heard and known about for a
:31:00. > :31:05.long time from bitter experience, women who have been held back
:31:06. > :31:08.because they have been told to go out of chaperones, told to dress in
:31:09. > :31:12.a certain way and we should not take certain jobs are good you
:31:13. > :31:17.university. We want to make sure we tackle those issues as well.
:31:18. > :31:21.No doubt she agrees with that. Does my right honourable friend agree
:31:22. > :31:25.that whilst Britain should always remain a tolerant and diverse
:31:26. > :31:29.nation, it is also important that new communities feel an obligation
:31:30. > :31:34.to integrate, embrace a common British identity and that we should
:31:35. > :31:36.never use the excuse of multiculturalism to tolerate
:31:37. > :31:41.practices that are clearly not in accordance with British laws, values
:31:42. > :31:47.and customs? I could not agree with my honourable
:31:48. > :31:51.friend more. I think we are in this report is highlight this, we all
:31:52. > :31:54.realise that mistakes were made in the past. We should have
:31:55. > :31:59.collectively done a better job in helping to integrate and setup new
:32:00. > :32:05.arrivals and new communities into Britain. Now we should learn from
:32:06. > :32:12.that and looking forward, there are interesting suggestions how we can
:32:13. > :32:16.do that meeting in easily. In Oxford I remember language
:32:17. > :32:19.classes being provided for immigrant women with the same women went to
:32:20. > :32:23.the same class as you are after year with no improvement and the ability
:32:24. > :32:28.to speak English. Does this report not point to the fact that it is not
:32:29. > :32:32.a question of throwing money it, it is a question of Bikini language
:32:33. > :32:42.tuition effective? I agreed with my honourable friend.
:32:43. > :32:46.We have got to make sure... -- making sure the language tuition is
:32:47. > :32:51.effective. We have to make sure the language teaching is effective and
:32:52. > :32:56.as we power through the report and any new initiatives become up with,
:32:57. > :33:02.we have got to make sure that the art effective in tackling that
:33:03. > :33:08.problem. The report quite rightly highlights
:33:09. > :33:13.the good work of organisations like Tal Mum and the security trust. It
:33:14. > :33:19.also draws attention to the upsurge in violence from people from Poland
:33:20. > :33:22.and elsewhere in recent months. Can the Secretary of State have urgent
:33:23. > :33:30.discussions with his colleagues in the Home Office about how we can
:33:31. > :33:37.reduce the impact of the poisonous ideologies which come from other
:33:38. > :33:46.countries and cause tensions and even deaths as we saw in Glasgow in
:33:47. > :33:49.this country? Firstly, the honourable gentleman
:33:50. > :33:56.mentioned to organisations in his question. Two very effective and
:33:57. > :33:59.very valuable organisations. The Government are proud to support the
:34:00. > :34:05.work they do on their are many others as well. It highlights that
:34:06. > :34:12.to deal with these issues it requires lots of groups and state to
:34:13. > :34:15.come together, and that includes voluntary organisations. He asked me
:34:16. > :34:21.to meet with the Home Secretary and I can assure them that I regularly
:34:22. > :34:25.discuss these issues will have a mutual interest. You might be
:34:26. > :34:29.interested to know that very recently the Home Secretary and I
:34:30. > :34:35.jointly cheered a hate crime action plan, will we a number of groups
:34:36. > :34:44.that you mention to discuss more that we can do -- chair. I read the
:34:45. > :34:48.review and it considers many important aspects. The refugee
:34:49. > :34:50.Council has called for a comprehensive refugee integration
:34:51. > :34:56.strategy, which is echoed by what we are finding in the all party group,
:34:57. > :35:01.which I am cheering. The told us that they want to learn English,
:35:02. > :35:05.work and integrate. Will the Government please support expanding
:35:06. > :35:14.the Syria resettlement programme to create a comprehensive strategy?
:35:15. > :35:22.The honourable lady is right to raise the importance of making sure
:35:23. > :35:25.that refugees are integrated quickly and we provide resources for that.
:35:26. > :35:29.There are a number of programmes in place to try and do just that. If
:35:30. > :35:34.she believes there is more that can be done, I would be happy to learn
:35:35. > :35:36.more from her. I congratulate the honourable
:35:37. > :35:44.gentleman on getting this urgent question. I do think we could be
:35:45. > :35:47.more positive about it. In my constituency we have an integrated
:35:48. > :35:52.multicultural community. We have had it for a very long time. We have
:35:53. > :35:59.Muslim councils and candidates, Hindu, seek and we have Christian.
:36:00. > :36:06.Both critical and conservatives, temples, mosques and churches. I
:36:07. > :36:10.just wonder that sometimes, might it be an idea that somebody from your
:36:11. > :36:13.department is to come down to see how it works well, rather than
:36:14. > :36:19.always concentrating on where it is going wrong.
:36:20. > :36:23.I think that is a very good idea and my honourable friend highlights this
:36:24. > :36:27.is something we should never forget. Whilst we're talking about the
:36:28. > :36:33.challenges and how to deal with them, that so many immigrants
:36:34. > :36:35.through the ages have come to this great country images huge
:36:36. > :36:43.contribution to our country and made it so much stronger.
:36:44. > :36:46.I welcome all efforts to it improve integration in the UK and this is
:36:47. > :36:51.not the first study to find problems. I am concerned that there
:36:52. > :36:55.is no real understanding in this report of the simple truth that
:36:56. > :37:02.integration is a two way street and it should definitely not be used, as
:37:03. > :37:06.so often is, as stick with which to beat the minority communities of
:37:07. > :37:09.Britain. Given that, I wonder whether the Minister will consider
:37:10. > :37:16.and what work can be done to understand, as Casey does, it is not
:37:17. > :37:20.the driving of isolation. Asking our minority Trinity is to do more and
:37:21. > :37:24.how we can get our majority community to play their part as well
:37:25. > :37:30.so that integration can be a true success in our country.
:37:31. > :37:35.I know the honourable lady feels passionately about these issues and
:37:36. > :37:38.she has bought about them a lot. I think she will have some good
:37:39. > :37:46.suggestions and is someone I am always very happy to speak to. I do
:37:47. > :37:52.think it is unfair on Dame Casey to see that she does not recognise it
:37:53. > :37:57.is a two-way street. Dame Louise has come up with some recommendations
:37:58. > :38:03.and I think should take them seriously. I have discussed this
:38:04. > :38:05.with her in the past and I think is reflected in the report, she
:38:06. > :38:11.recognises that is a role for everyone to play in all communities.
:38:12. > :38:16.As a Bedford has been home for people from many origins were
:38:17. > :38:20.decades, we can see that there are some two amenities some commuters
:38:21. > :38:28.follow inter-generational dispersion. Other communities that
:38:29. > :38:33.follow integration of proximity, children and grandchildren living
:38:34. > :38:36.next door to the grandparents. Can I draw the attention to recommendation
:38:37. > :38:41.number ten, about the use of housing policy to encourage dispersion and
:38:42. > :38:44.which also consider the possibility of using planning policy to
:38:45. > :38:51.encourage dispersion of places of worship?
:38:52. > :38:54.I have listened carefully to what my honourable friend has to say. I know
:38:55. > :39:01.having visited his constituency with him a number of times, he takes his
:39:02. > :39:07.issues very seriously and I know that in his constituency he is able
:39:08. > :39:13.to look at these issues and suggest certain ideas. I will look carefully
:39:14. > :39:21.at the recommendation number ten. Thank you. I want to echo my
:39:22. > :39:26.honourable friend's remarks about the two-way process and highlight
:39:27. > :39:30.that the last Labour Government set out the forced marriage unit, the
:39:31. > :39:36.committee cohesion unit, both I was involved in establishing. They did
:39:37. > :39:40.excellent work tackling the underlying causes. I would urge the
:39:41. > :39:47.Secretary of State to make sure that we provide the resources to address
:39:48. > :39:52.those issues. Secondly, on discrimination of ethnic minority
:39:53. > :39:56.graduates are twice as likely to be unemployed. I would urge the
:39:57. > :39:59.Secretary of State to prioritise addressing the underlying problems
:40:00. > :40:05.and barriers to be quality. Finally, to give attention to social
:40:06. > :40:08.integration. I have as many challenges in my constituency
:40:09. > :40:12.encouraging middle-class newcomers to integrate with the settled
:40:13. > :40:16.communities, which are ethnic minorities, as I do the other way
:40:17. > :40:20.around. We all have a part to play. If we can connect those communities
:40:21. > :40:24.together through projects, mentoring, engagement, then we can
:40:25. > :40:28.genuinely have a two-way process and a practical way to integrate people
:40:29. > :40:32.rather than stigmatising setting communities. In this case, I believe
:40:33. > :40:39.the news that committee in this report.
:40:40. > :40:47.-- the Muslim committee. I am taking her last point first. She has done
:40:48. > :40:51.committee work and I have seen how conservative it can be. She reasons
:40:52. > :40:56.the issues of work opportunities. The Government does take that
:40:57. > :41:05.seriously. I cheered this in my former role as Business Secretary
:41:06. > :41:08.and encouraging opportunities for black, prickly young people. We are
:41:09. > :41:17.looking to see what more can be done. She has also raised the issue
:41:18. > :41:22.of forced marriage and other serious crimes of that nature. I think she
:41:23. > :41:25.will agree with me that the Government has taken it seriously,
:41:26. > :41:33.as did the previous Government. We have built an the good work. Much of
:41:34. > :41:39.the good work has been done by the Prime Minister as Home Secretary.
:41:40. > :41:42.This is his moment. His family experience and his sharp intellect
:41:43. > :41:47.means he has the right man, in the right place at the right time. Dame
:41:48. > :41:51.Louise Casey tackled head on the problems faced by thousands of
:41:52. > :41:55.Muslim women in this country, many of whom don't speak English and
:41:56. > :42:00.suffer misogyny and domestic violence at home, who are oppressed
:42:01. > :42:03.by sharia law, have their life chances diminished. Can he ensure
:42:04. > :42:10.the House today that it will not duck the challenge to seize the
:42:11. > :42:12.recommendations from this report and to restore full human rights to this
:42:13. > :42:18.very large cohort of oppressed women?
:42:19. > :42:22.I can assure my honourable friend that I will not duck the issue is,
:42:23. > :42:28.this Government will not duck the issue is. As I said right at the
:42:29. > :42:32.start of this question, they have been ignored by too many politicians
:42:33. > :42:39.were too long and that is not going to happen.
:42:40. > :42:45.Secretary The of State will be the work of some concerns to prevent his
:42:46. > :42:57.and demanding efforts to integrate the community. Can he mentioned
:42:58. > :43:03.community led initiatives? The upper case prevent programme plays an
:43:04. > :43:08.invaluable role which is accepted not just by the government, the
:43:09. > :43:14.police, the CPS and others, but many community leaders themselves.
:43:15. > :43:19.However, I recognise with certain people there is a confidence problem
:43:20. > :43:24.around Prevent and we need to look to see what more we can do to turn
:43:25. > :43:30.that around. Having more people involved in the community at a local
:43:31. > :43:35.level is one way to do it. Madame Deputy Speaker, can I say how much I
:43:36. > :43:40.welcome the presence of the Schools Minister on the front bench. One of
:43:41. > :43:44.the best examples of community cohesion in my community is move
:43:45. > :43:47.around academy school, rated excellent by Ofsted. I attended
:43:48. > :43:53.their presentation evening last evening. They have 31 different
:43:54. > :43:56.first languages at that school and they are producing wonderful young
:43:57. > :44:01.people and will the Secretary of State praised me -- join me in
:44:02. > :44:05.praising the governors and the pupils at that school. It sounds
:44:06. > :44:08.absolutely fantastic and it sounds like we can learn more from their
:44:09. > :44:17.approach and I look forward to doing that. Like other colleagues I have
:44:18. > :44:21.concerns about integration in my own community. By no means things are
:44:22. > :44:27.not bad, but it is true to say things could get much better. I say
:44:28. > :44:31.in all good faith, where I had the resources to do this? Where are the
:44:32. > :44:36.resources to run the youth clubs and the spores projects? Whenever
:44:37. > :44:43.something goes badly wrong there is always a huge amount of resources
:44:44. > :44:50.made available in the aftermath. The honourable gentleman knows that this
:44:51. > :44:54.is an independent report and although there are a number of
:44:55. > :44:58.recommendations, we need to go through them carefully and see which
:44:59. > :45:03.ones we can build on. When I report back, which will be in the spring,
:45:04. > :45:12.where that requires extra resource we will make sure that is available.
:45:13. > :45:16.This was a review into opportunity in integration and the report
:45:17. > :45:19.highlighted the persistent disadvantage of white, working-class
:45:20. > :45:24.Jordan on free school meals who underperform at school. When the
:45:25. > :45:27.government bring back their report in the spring, will they be
:45:28. > :45:35.addressing that particular issue as well? Well, first of all there are a
:45:36. > :45:38.number of actions that the Department for Education is taking
:45:39. > :45:42.to address just that particular problem. She is right to raise it.
:45:43. > :45:48.But she will also know that the Prime Minister has launched a race
:45:49. > :45:55.disparity review and an audit which is looking at all public services,
:45:56. > :45:59.whether education or across the government, and I am chairing that
:46:00. > :46:05.process alongside the Cabinet Office minister and that work has just
:46:06. > :46:10.begun. We are also trying to see for all communities, including white,
:46:11. > :46:12.working-class boys, how the public services are provided and we are
:46:13. > :46:21.trying to learn from that information to see what we can do.
:46:22. > :46:25.And the lady who gets the last word! Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It
:46:26. > :46:30.is right to highlight the important role we all have to play in building
:46:31. > :46:36.strong, resilient, integrated and cohesive communities. It is
:46:37. > :46:41.Newcastle's diverse and United communities which make it such a
:46:42. > :46:45.great city. But will the Secretary of State also recognised the toxic
:46:46. > :46:51.combination of scapegoating refugees and migrants for cuts to public
:46:52. > :46:59.services, Muslims for terrorism, minorities for segregation and the
:47:00. > :47:03.white, for xenophobia, build barriers to integration? Will he
:47:04. > :47:11.take steps to address such attitudes wherever he may find them? Yes, I
:47:12. > :47:15.will. I think she is right to highlight Newcastle. I think it is a
:47:16. > :47:19.fantastic city and one of the reasons is because of its diverse
:47:20. > :47:25.community and the contribution they all make to that great city. She is
:47:26. > :47:28.right to say there should be no scapegoating, we should be focused
:47:29. > :47:34.on the facts and driven by the facts and the report is for that and I
:47:35. > :47:45.look forward to seeing what more we can do. Thank you, order. Oh, point
:47:46. > :47:49.of order. Alison view list. Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker.
:47:50. > :47:55.I am not sure if you can say this was an order or not. I asked the
:47:56. > :47:58.Secretary of State four legitimate questions and he refused to answer
:47:59. > :48:03.any of those until I was more serious. Could you tell me, Madam
:48:04. > :48:08.Deputy Speaker, how I can resolve this issue? I thank the honourable
:48:09. > :48:15.lady for raising her point of order and indeed I heard her ask the
:48:16. > :48:20.questions and I heard the Secretary of State's reply and I have to say
:48:21. > :48:25.the Secretary of State is at liberty to give whatever reply he wishes as
:48:26. > :48:30.long as he does so in an orderly and polite manner, which of course he
:48:31. > :48:36.did. But the honourable lady is also at liberty to ask her questions in
:48:37. > :48:40.other ways at question time by asking for an adjournment debate, by
:48:41. > :48:44.putting down other questions to the Secretary of State and by raising
:48:45. > :48:49.her issues again. It is not a matter for the chair at what the answer is.
:48:50. > :48:52.I am satisfied the honourable gentleman was orderly in the way in
:48:53. > :49:01.which he gave the answer to the honourable lady. Further to that
:49:02. > :49:05.previous point of order, the honourable lady has said she asked
:49:06. > :49:09.four questions to the Secretary of State. Could the chair give advice?
:49:10. > :49:15.I thought members were only allowed to ask one question. I am delighted
:49:16. > :49:20.to give the honourable gentleman that piece of advice. The honourable
:49:21. > :49:25.gentleman is allowed to ask only one question. But the honourable lady is
:49:26. > :49:30.here this afternoon in her capacity as a spokesperson for the Scottish
:49:31. > :49:35.National party. In that capacity she may ask as many questions as she
:49:36. > :49:46.likes, as long as it takes her only one minute to do so. Order. We now
:49:47. > :49:53.come to the ten minute rule motion. Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Thank you,
:49:54. > :49:57.Madam Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that leave be given to bring in a
:49:58. > :50:01.bill to make provision for children of the serving members of the Armed
:50:02. > :50:05.Forces to have a right of high priority admission to schools
:50:06. > :50:09.outside the normal admissions arounds. It is an honour to stand to
:50:10. > :50:15.present my first ten minute Law Bill on schools admissions for children
:50:16. > :50:19.of our serving armed forces. Today is the patron Day of Saint Nicholas,
:50:20. > :50:33.the patron saint of children and sailors. Tens of thousands of
:50:34. > :50:34.military schoolchildren. Saint Nicholas is the guardian